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| Born | 7 June 1956 Apia, Western Samoa |
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| Position | Centre | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19??–1987 | Richmond | 1 | ||||
| 1981–1983 | North Sydney Bears | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1983–1987 | Hull | |||||
| Total | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
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| 1975–19?? | New Zealand Māori | |||||
| 1975–1985 | New Zealand | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
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| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1988–1997 | Richmond | |||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Fred "Freddie" Ah Kuoi (born 7 June 1956 in Apia, Western Samoa) is a former New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country.
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Ah Kuoi immigrated to New Zealand with his parents, Fred Snr and Siutu Ah Kuoi, and his two younger brothers, Peter and Afi in 1962. Brothers, Andrew & Paul, and sister Elizabeth were born in Auckland, New Zealand.
Ah Kuoi made his rugby league debut internationally with the New Zealand Māori rugby league team in 1975, at the age of 18yrs. That same year, he made the national Kiwi team, touring England and France during the World Cup series. He captained the New Zealand team 1979 & 1984, and vice-captained 1979,1980,1981 & 1983. During the 1980 tour of Great Britain and France, Ah Kuoi was voted the "Most Valuable Player" of the tour and was given the number 1 ranking in the world in the 5/8th position, by the English press.
In 1983 he was a member of the team that beat the Australians for the first time since 1971, at Lang Park in Brisbane, Australia. He represented the New Zealand "Kiwi" rugby league team from 1975-1985.
Ah Kuoi moved to Sydney in 1981 to play professionally for the North Sydney Bears, then to England to join his teammates, James Leuluai, Gary Kemble and Dane O'Hara at Hull from 1983-1987.
Ah Kuoi married his wife Margot in Sydney, Australia on 9 June 1982. Their daughter Danielle was born in Sydney on 3 June 1983; their son Joshua, was born on 9 July 1985 in Hull, Uk, and their youngest daughter, Madeleine was born in Auckland, NZ on 3 December 1988.
Ah Kuoi coached the Richmond Bulldogs in the 1997 Fox Memorial.[1]
Ah Kuoi currently lives in Phoenix, AZ, USA, where he is a Pastor at Phoenix First Assembly of God.
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